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widowhead

widowhead noun: widowhood.

Noun

widowhead (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Widowhood.
    • Then this bold Tyrant, of her widowhed / Taking advantage, and her yet fresh woes, / Himselfe and service to her offered […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of widowhead

From widow + -head.

Questions about widowhead

What does widowhead mean?
Widowhead means widowhood.
What part of speech is widowhead?
Widowhead is a noun.

Words near widowhead in the dictionary

  1. widowerships
  2. widowery
  3. widowess
  4. widowfinch
  5. widowfinches
  6. widowhead
  7. widowhood
  8. widowhoods
  9. widowing
  10. widowish
  11. widowity

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